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Practice Notes provide information about particular aspects of the Court's practice, procedure and organisation. They sit alongside the Rules of Court to provide guidance in relation to the conduct of proceedings. Lawyers with the conduct of proceedings are expected to be familiar with their content and act in accordance with that guidance unless directed otherwise.

From 30 January 2017 the Court introduces a new system of publishing and organising its Practice Notes to make them easier to locate and navigate and ensure the information provided is up to date.

Each Practice Note is designated with the letter "SC" followed by an abbreviation denoting the Division of the Court to which it applies or the General designation followed by a number.

SC CA Court of Appeal
SC CC Commercial Court
SC CL Common Law Division
SC CR Criminal Division
SC GEN General

Where changes are made to a Practice Note, it will retain its designation. The body of the Practice Note will contain its new operative date and a history of amendments and a copy of the superseded version will be retained in the Practice Notes Archive.

Notices to the Profession provide information to practitioners about matters of a more temporal nature such as advising which judges are responsible for which specialist lists for the year; reminders to the profession about certain rules and practices if it appears there is confusion or non-compliance and notices from the Prothonotary or a Registrar about a matter of registry practice.

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Practice note Division Date of publication Documents

Notice to Practitioners 2010 - Benefit Under a Will

Note: This practice note has been archived.

Notice to the Profession Notice to Practitioners 2010 - Benefit Under a Will (pdf 63.23KB)

Notice to the Profession 2010 - Valuation, Compensation and Planning List

Changes to the Valuation, Compensation & Planning List

Note: This practice note has been archived.

General Notice to Profession 2010 (pdf 13.67KB)

Practice Note No 5 of 2010

Freezing Orders

Note: This practice note has been archived.

General Practice Note No 5 of 2010 (pdf 16.43KB)

Practice Note No 6 of 2010

Search Orders

Note: This practice note has been archived.

General Practice Note No 6 of 2010 (pdf 18.13KB)

Notice to Practitioners 2003 - Simultaneous Deaths

Note: This practice note has been archived.

Common Law Division Notice to Practitioners 2003 - Simultaneous Deaths (pdf 62.08KB)

Notice to Practitioners 2008 - Probate Online Initiative

Note: This practice note has been archived.

Notice to the Profession Notice to Practioners 2008 - Probate Online Initiative (pdf 64.89KB)

Notice to Practitioners 2009 - Online Advertisements and Relationships Act 2008

Note: This practice note has been archived.

Notice to the Profession Notice to Practioners 2009 - POAS & Relationships Act 2008 (pdf 109.26KB)

Practice Note No 4 of 2010

Criminal Division

Note: This practice note has been archived.

General Practice Note No 4 of 2010 (pdf 57.22KB)

Practice Note No 2 of 2010

Arbitration Business

Note: This practice note has been archived.

General Practice Note No 2 of 2010 (pdf 115.51KB)

Notice to Profession 2009

Specialist Lists 2010: Judges-in-Charge

Note: This practice note has been archived.

General Notice to Profession 2009 (pdf 22.38KB)